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The Echo 1A satelloon whizzing in the sky, above the École normale de Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec. Dominique Lapointe, “Une visite qui nous est devenue familière – L’Écho 1 continue à se promener tous les soirs sur notre région.” Le Progrès du Saguenay, 27 August 1960, 7.
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Space

The wonderful lead balloons of Claude Williams Coffee, Junior, Walter Edward Bressette and William J. O’Sullivan: The Echo satelloons in Québec and elsewhere, Part 1

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Aug 9, 2020
Have you watched the sky recently, my reading friend, as implored by one of the main characters in a 1951 American feature film, The Thing from Another World – one of the classics of science fiction cinema of the 1950s? Yes? No? No matter. This week’s topic touches upon 1 of the 2 fields of activity of the wonderful Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, namely space, the final frontier. The photograph with which we begin our plunge into the interplanetary vacuum is not
: A black-and-white photograph of Robert Hampton Gray posing with his hands across his raised knee and dressed in his ceremonial uniform.
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Aviation

Honouring the brave: Robert Hampton Gray was Canada’s last recipient of the Victoria Cross

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Aug 5, 2020
British Columbia’s Robert Hampton Gray died 75 years ago; he was Canada’s last recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Photograph of a computer taken from a side angle, showing partially blurred code.
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Computing

Code in Place: Learning Python during a pandemic

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Aug 5, 2020
When the global COVID-19 pandemic struck, two Stanford University Computer Science professors decided to engage in a unique experiment; offer 10,000 students from all over the world the opportunity to learn to code using Python — online, for free.
Pictured is a tightly-framed photograph of an Alleles prosthetic leg cover, as displayed in the Wearable Tech exhibition at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. The prosthetic cover's shape resembles the shape of a human leg, from knee down to ankle, but its appearance is highly stylized. It is made of a textured pink plastic, with a detailed black pattern that extends from top to bottom.
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Collection Development

Representing accessibility in the Ingenium collection

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Aug 4, 2020
An Ingenium conservator shares a glimpse into life with dyslexia, struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how disability impacts their view of the collection (Post 3/3).
A stack of butter tarts sit on a silver platter; a small Canadian flag is inserted into the top butter tart.
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Food

Baskin Robbins is bringing back their butter tart ice cream and it's so Canadian

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Aug 3, 2020
With the hot summer weather in full swing, Baskin Robbins is helping Canadians cool down with a quintessentially Canadian ice cream flavour.
One of the Found FBA-2s of Georgian Bay Airways Limited. H.L. “Des US et du Canada 2 formules d’avions légers – 1 Le Found ‘Flying Truck.’” Aviation magazine international, 1 July 1964, 39.
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Aviation

A small Ontarian flying truck relocated in the land of the kiwis: The Found FBA-2 bush airplane

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Aug 2, 2020
Greetings and salutations, my reading friend. Would it be alright with you if this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee dealt with an aircraft which can be found in the amazingly impressive collection of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, rather than with a photograph found in a periodical? Our topic would still be anniversarial in nature, of course. Yours truly does not wish your hamster to fall off its wheel. Are we ready? Wunderbar. While the Second World War was
The one and only Cushioncraft CC1, initially known as the Britten-Norman BN-1 Cushioncraft / CC1 Cushioncraft. Anon., “News Digest – New Cushion-rider.” Canadian Aviation, August 1960, 46.
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Aviation

It seemed like a good idea at the time: The bananas of the British Cameroons and the Cushioncraft CC1 hovercraft

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Aug 1, 2020
How are you doing on this day, my reading friend? Yours truly has a confession to make: there is more to life than airplanes – and I have to thank a former colleague for pointing this out, many years ago. (Hello, CF!) A list of items covered in this non aeronautical category would be very long. Any list worthy of the name should, however, include Belgian style beer, and no, not a serrano pepper infused one, dinosaurs and pterosaurs (Hello, SB, EG and EP!), as well as air cushion vehicles. In
Imari Walker in lab coat and goggles
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Earth & Environment
Engineering & Technology

#AmplifyBlackVoices: Imari Walker Takeover

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Jul 30, 2020
On July 15, microplastics researcher Imari Walker (@Calimari93) took over the @SciTechMuseum Twitter account to share her experiences as a Black woman in the field of science and engineering. A 5th year PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering at Duke University, Imari is studying chemicals in microplastics in water. On YouTube, Imari explores the effects of microplastic pollution and the harmful chemicals in personal care products. She also provides tips to thrive in school. In case you
An image collage of a corpse flower, the night sky, a rain cloud, and a flower with a soap bubble
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Agriculture

4 things you should know about the science of smell, megaconstellations, and the future of fruit

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Jul 28, 2020
Learn about the science behind stinky flowers and rain, astronomy amidst megaconstellations of satellites, and how bubble guns may help the future of fruit.
A cartoon-style illustration of a human brain.
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Collection Development

The dyslexic view: Working from home during COVID-19

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Jul 28, 2020
An Ingenium conservator shares a glimpse into life with dyslexia, struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how disability impacts their view of the collection (Post 2/3).
The one and only Canadian Car & Foundry CBY-3 Loadmaster. CASM, negative number 17826.
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Aviation

The eight lives of a unique flying boxcar, the Canadian Car & Foundry CBY-3 Loadmaster

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Jul 26, 2020
Hello there, my reading friend. Would it be alright with you, my dear reading friend, if this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee dealt with an aircraft, rather than a photograph found in a periodical? Our topic would still be anniversarial in nature, of course. Yours truly would never chop off all of your moorings at once. Our story began in the United States, in around 1919, when an aeronautical engineer born in November 1895, Vincent Justus Burnelli, came up with the idea of shaping the
A close-up image shows a hand holding a smartphone; Google Maps is visible on the screen.
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Collection Development

Living with dyslexia during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Jul 22, 2020
An Ingenium conservator shares a glimpse into life with dyslexia, struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how disability impacts their view of the collection (Post 1/3).
Four students, two in green shirts, two in grey shirts, stand on both sides of a poster with their invention drawn on it. Materials for building their invention are scattered in front of them.
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Arts & Design

Students dive into science with new STEAM program

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Jul 21, 2020
A hands-on new program — designed to hook young students on science — is celebrating a successful start.